Current Affairs One-Liner: 28th May 2020

May 28, 2020
‘CatchUp’:- It is a calling application launched by Facebook. With the help of this application, user will be able to indicate the availability to talk and call other user vice versa in order to develop
call co-ordination time between the callers
    • Static Part: HQ of Facebook: California US
    • CEO of Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
  • ‘WhatsApp Chatbot’:- It is launched by Reliance Industries Ltd. This has been launched to address right issue queries of its 2.6 million shareholders on the offering. It has been developed by Jio Haptik Technologies
  • Books and Authors: ‘The Ickabog’ – It is the story describing truth and abuse of power
  • Author- JK Rowling (Author of Harry Potter)
  • Sports Authority of India (SAI) has announced Rs 30,000 each to Khelo India athletes as out of pocket allowances to deal with the economic crisis faced in the lockdown period of COVID-19. The total sum of Rs 8.25 crore is disbursed to 2749 Khelo India athletes
  • Obituaries: (a)Mujtaba Hussain– He was Urdu author, humorist and sitarist 
  • (b)R Shanmugam- He was former Tamil Nadu Footballer and Coach

Question: 

Q: 1: Mujtaba Hussain, who recently passed away belonged to which profession?
a. Author
b. Painter
c Social Activist
d. Surgeon

Q: 2: What is the name of calling application launched by Facebook?

a. UCall
b. CatchUp
c Hangout
d. MakeCall

Q: 3: Which of the following organisation has launched WhatsApp Chatbot?
a. Reliance Industries Ltd.
b. Facebook
c. Flipkart
d. TCS

Q: 4: Who is the author of the book ‘The Ickabog’?
a. Sarah Waters
b. Neil Gaiman
c. JK Rowling
d. David Mitchell

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